Chrysler's iPod on Wheels

If you're like me, you've got digital music on your computer, on CDs and saved on any number of MP3 players strewn about your house and in your car. My personal MP3 player grand total right now is four. Hey, I just had to get a 4GB iPod Nano. it's so small, so thin…okay I guess there's no justifying my personal music player addiction. I still have a junk drawer full of old Walkmans.

Anyway, as sweet as these devices are, who wants to bring 'em with you on every road trip? Not me. Why not store music right on your car's hard drive? Well thanks to Chrysler and Harmon/Kardon, this fall you'll be able to do just that. The all-new 2007 Chrysler Sebring will feature a Harmon/Kardon sourced navigation/audio/information system called "My Gig" that comes with a 20GB hard drive. The system has a "Music Juke Box" for organizing tunes and pictures and there's a USB port for transferring files to the hard drive. The screen is a rather large 6.5-inch TFT display that can support 65,000 colors.
Neat.

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The Chrysler folks tell us they will roll this system out in other vehicles as soon as they can. The all-new Jeep Wrangler and Dodge Nitro are likely candidates. The "My Gig" system takes up quite a bit of real estate behind the dash so other models may have to wait until their mid-cycle update to get the option.
Oh and one other cool feature of the new Sebring: heated and cooled cupholders. You can keep your coffee hot up to 140 degrees and chill your Diet Coke down to 35 degrees. An ice cold drink and my favorite tunes—I like they way these guys are thinking. —Ben Stewart